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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · taught by vthorstensson · returned 5 results
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RUSS 103 Elementary Russian 6 credits
Concludes introductory method of Russian 101-102.
- Spring 2024
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Russian 102 or equivalent
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RUSS 103.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:50am-11:00am
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:30am-10:35am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 9:40am-10:40am
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RUSS 204 Intermediate Russian 6 credits
Continued four-skill development using texts and resources from a variety of sources. Emphasis on communicative skills.
- Winter 2024
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Russian 103 or equivalent
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RUSS 204.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- Language & Dining Center 202 8:30am-9:40am
- TLanguage & Dining Center 202 8:15am-9:20am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 202 8:30am-9:40am
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RUSS 244 The Rise of the Russian Novel 6 credits
From the terse elegance of Pushkin to the psychological probing of Dostoevsky to the finely wrought realism of Tolstoy, this course examines the evolution of the genre over the course of the nineteenth century, ending with a glimpse of things to come on the eve of the Russian Revolution. Close textual analysis of the works will be combined with exploration of their historical and cultural context. No prior knowledge of Russian or Russian history is required.
In Translation
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RUSS 244.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:40
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 263 Madness and Madmen in Russian Culture 6 credits
This course explores the theme of madness in Russian literature and arts from the medieval period to the present. Madness is a basic but controversial aspect of world culture that has preoccupied Russian minds since medieval times. It is reflected in numerous stories, plays, paintings, films, and operas, as well as in medical, political, and philosophical essays. Madness has been treated by great Russian authors and artists not only as a medical or psychological matter, but also as a metaphysical one, touching the deepest levels of human consciousness, encompassing problems of suffering, imagination, history, sex, social and world order, evil, retribution, death, and the afterlife. Taught in English. No knowledge of Russian is required.
In translation
- Winter 2024
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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RUSS 263.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 136 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 136 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 335 Oral History of Russian-Speaking America 6 credits
Students will study the history of Russian-speaking immigration to America through readings and discussions of cultural texts which situate it at the intersection of history, memory, and life story narratives. They will listen to Russian-language oral histories and research archival materials that present personal life stories against the background of traumatic experiences of recent history: in the context of historical events and transformations, such as wars, revolutions, repressions, the Soviet era, and its collapse. We will also collaborate with a local community partner to record and preserve the oral history of Russian-speaking Minnesotans. Students will learn basic interviewing skills, and practice transcribing and translating oral texts. Taught in Russian.
- Spring 2024
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Russian 205 or permission of the instructor
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RUSS 335.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:15pm-3:00pm